A LOUGHBOROUGH Youth Zone volunteer has been named this years district Young Ambassador by Lions Clubs International.

Naomi Sharp, 19, who teaches six to 11-year-olds street dance and other activities at The Hut, attended Emmanuel Church Hall in Loughborough on Saturday, January 9, along with two other finalists from Lincoln and Retford to be questioned by a panel of judges on her voluntary work for the community.

The Loughborough Lions candidate, who was also voted winner of the Peoples Award, voted by readers of the Daily Mirror last year, was picked by a panel of judges consisting of the Mayor of Charnwood, Coun Roy Brown, as well as Richard Akers and Tony Ward, who are both retired lecturers in chemical engineering.

She received a s500 bursary, which was presented to her by district governor Lion Margaret Erentraut, and will now go on to represent the district at the national finals in Dudley in February.

Jenny Bickley, president of Loughborough Lions, said: I think the judges felt Naomi was a genuine person. She didnt feel she was better than anybody else, she did it because she enjoys what she does. I think thats why she was chosen.